Card-rack.



H. B. ROSE.

CARD RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 12,1908.

Patented Jan. 18,1910.

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Specification of- Letters Patent.

Application filed november 12, 1908. Serial No. 462,253.

To all whom a may concern.-

Be it known that I,' HERBERT B. Rose, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Bufother.

falo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Card-Racks, thecfollowing is a specification. I

This invention relates to 'an improved card rack and the object of the invention briefly stated is to provide a comparatively simple. cheap and convenient rack.

The invention also relates to the details of construction of'the units composing the rack and will be hereinafter described and claimed reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,-- I

Figure 1 represents a rack composed of two members hung from a wire. Fig.2 is an edge view of the rack shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a face-view of the blank before being bent into shape to form a unit of the card rack, the bends and corner stifl'ening ribs being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section through one of the blanks.

In referring to the accompanying drawings for the details of construction like numerals designate like parts.

The rack consists of a. plurality of detachable frame like units each of which is.

stamped up in a channel form from one piece of sheet metal. The blank is preferably cut in the shape shown in Fig. 3 and comprises a middle member and two end members extending approximately at right angles from the opposite ends of the middle member and substantially parallel to each The middle member consists of a central section 1, an inner side section 2 and an outer side section 3 and each of the end members which are identical inform consists of a central section 4 an inner side section" 5 and an outer side section 6.

' In forming the completed unit from the Imember, they are beveled by cutting V- f shaped grooves 11 and'12 in the flat blank. 3 To stiffenand strengthen the bends uniting the. middle member to the end members corner ribs 13 can be formed in'the blank of which as shown in all the figures of the drawings;

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The units are detachahly suspended from a wire 14 as shown in Fig. 1 or otherdesirable element or defachably secured to each other by means which is formed integral with the inner side section 5 of the end members. This means comprises reduced portions which extend longitudinally outward from the outer ends of the inner side sections of the end members and are bent upon themselves to form hooks 15 as shown in the drawings. The books 15 of each unit are hung upon the outer section of the middle memberof the unit located immediately above or if they should .be the hooks of the top unit upon the wire 14 or other suitable support. The units are locked together by lateral separation of the upper ends of the .served that the end members possess 5 ring enough to automatically separate suificiently to lock in the oppositenotches 16 when re leased after they have been pressed together and hung from the unit above.

Inthe preferred construction shown each unit is stamped from a single sheet of metal, and has parallel vertical side members and a transverse horizontal lower member con-' necting thelower-en'ds of the vertical members. All of these, members have side sections bent inwardly at right angles from a transverse connecting section to givethem a channeled or shaped form in cross section. From this it will be noted that each unit has parallel sides in separated arrangement which are joined at their outer side marginsby a transverse connection and constitutes an elongatedpocket in which the" H outer margin of a plurality of postcards'or other suitable articles extend and are supported. The outer and inner side sections of the vertical members are separated from the outer and inner sections of the transverse? members owing to the V shaped cuts in the flat blank. From this it will be noted that the central connecting sections which are in an unseparated continuous piece of metal form the only connection between the ver- 1 heal and transverse members, so that sufiiwhich form elongated supporting pockets for the articles are entirely closed on their sides and bottoms by continuously extending walls. Y

The main advantages of this card rack is that it is simple, strong and convenient and that it can be made as large or small as desired.

I claim 1. A unit for a card rack struck up from one piece of metal and comprising a middle member, two end members extending at an angle from the opposite ends of the middle member and corner stiffening ribs at the juncture of said members.

is provided to permit the units i lateral separation. Another fea- I 2. A card rack composed of a plurality of independent sheet metal channeled units, each consisting of two vertical channel members and a transverse horizontal member connecting the lower ends of the vertical members; said vertical members having hooks at their upper ends adapted to hook over the connecting member of the unit immediately above and to spring lock with said unit by lateral separation of the upper ends of the vertical members.

3. A card rackcomposed of a plurality of independent units; one of said units having 'locking notches and another of said units having hooks adapted to spring lock by lateral separation in said notches.

HERBERT B. ROSE.

Witnesses L. M. Saxosrnn, GEORGE A. \EUBAUER. 

